Photocomposing system



Sept. 5, 1967 R. c. O'BRIEN ETAL 3,339,470

PHOTOCOMPOSING SYSTEM Filed April 12, 1965 25 Sheets-Sheet 1 7 FIG-l 74 1' INVENTORS RICHARD c. O'BRIEN a RALPH A. PROUD,JR.

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PHOTOCOMPOS ING SYSTEM Filed April 12, 1965 23 Sheets-Sheet 12 39,2! I I h I355 113014 014 140M240 I I I /350 300 I I I I I I I I I I I 1440 2 CHARACTER 0005 BIT I P 1967 R. c. O'BRIEN ETAL 3,339,470

PHOTOCOMPOSING SYSTEM 23 Shets-Sheet 1 3 Filed April 12, 1965 Sept. 5, 1967 R. c. O'BRIEN ETAL 3,339,470

PHOTOCOMPOS ING SYSTEM Filed April 12, 1965 25 Sheets-Sheet 1E5- FIG-3061s 7 Sept. 5, 1967 R. c. O'BRIEN ETAL 3,339,470

PHOTOCOMPOSING SYSTEM Filed April 12, 1965 23 Sheets-Sheet 16 

1. IN A PHOTOTYPESETTING SYSTEM OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, THE COMBINATION OF A FIRST MACHINE INCLUDING A KEYBOARD FOR PREPARING A CODED RECORD OF A SELECTED SUCCESSION OF CHARACTERS AND INTERWORD SPACES FORMING A LINE OF COMPOSITION TO BE PRODUCED, A RECORD MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE MARKED IN CODED FORM BY SAID FIRST MACHINE, MEANS FOR PRODUCING ON SAID RECORD MEMBER A CODED REPRESENTATION IDENTIFYING EACH CHARACTER IN THE SEQUENCE SELECTED, MEANS FOR MARKING SAID RECORD MEMBER TO INDICATE THE LOCATION OF INTERWORD SPACES, FIRST COMPUTING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE SELECTION OF EACH CHARACTER FOR COMPUTING THE ACTUAL WIDTH OF ITS CHARACTER IMAGE TO BE REPRODUCED, MEANS FOR RECORDING ON SAID RECORD MEMBER THE NUMBER OF INTERWORD SPACES IN A LINE, MEANS IN SAID FIRST MACHINE MAINTAINING A SUMMATION OF THE ACTUAL SPACE TO BE OCCUPIED BY THE CHARACTER IMAGES DURING PREPARATION OF THE CODED RECORD OF A LINE, MEANS FOR MARKING ON SAID RECORD MEMBER A CODED REPRESENTATION OF THE ACTUAL SPACE NOT OCCUPIED BY A CHARACTER IMAGES IN A LINE OF PREDETERMINED LENGTH, A SECOND MACHINE COMPRISING A PHOTOGRAPHIC UNIT INCLUDING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO CHARACTER IDENTIFICATION CODES ON SAID RECORD MEMBER FOR PROJECTING IMAGE BEARING LIGHT BEAMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS ALONG A COMMON OPTICAL AXIS IN THE ORDER OF RECORDING ON SAID RECORD MEMBER AND AT A PREDETERMINED POINT SIZE FOR EACH CHARACTER IMAGE AS DETERMINED DURING PREPARATION OF SAID RECORD MEMBER, SECOND COMPUTING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO PROJECTION OF EACH CHARACTER IMAGE TO COMPUTE THE ACTUAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY THE CHARACTER IMAGE, CARRIED MEANS FOR MOUNTING A PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER UPON WHICH THE CHARACTER IMAGES ARE FOCUSED FOR RECORDING THEREOF TO FORM LINES OF COMPOSITION, MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID SECOND COMPUTING MEANS TO PRODUCE RELATIVE SPACING MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID PROJECTING MEANS AND SAID CARRIER MEANS IN THE DIRECTION OF COMPOSITION TO ALLOT THE COMPUTED SPACE TO EACH CHARACTER IMAGE, AND JUSTIFIER CONTROL MEANS IN SAID SECOND MACHINE RESPONSIVE TO INFORMATION ON SAID RECORD ELEMENT RELATING TO THE NUMBER OF INTERWORD SPACES AND THE AMOUNT OF SPACE NOT OCCUPIED BY CHARACTERS IN A LINE OF PREDETERMINED LENGTH FOR PRODUCING RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID CARRIER MEANS AND SAID PROJECTING MEANS WHEREVER SAID RECORD ELEMENT INDICATES THE LOCATION OF AN INTERWORD SPACE TO APPORTION SAID UNOCCUPED SPACED AMONG THE WORD SPACES AND THUS TO PRODUCE A JUSTIFIED LINE OF THE PREDETERMINED LENGTH. 